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Voluntary out-of-home care key statistics

Quarterly and financial year statistics for voluntary out-of-home care in NSW

These statistics include non-identifying information only. Figures going back to 2010–11 are also available. (PDF 79.6KB)

Report	2014–15	2015–16	2016–17	2017–18	July–Sept 2018	Oct–Dec 2018
Agencies	162	167	156	143	122	121
Designated agencies	39	39	36	31	27	25
Registered agencies	123	128	120	112	95	96
Children and young people accessing care	2115	2174	2133	1857	859	783
Children and young people recorded with a disability	1942	1872	1814	1578	781	707
Care episodes recorded	18,462	17,744	16,294	13,061	2553	2269
Placements supervised by a designated agency other than ADHC	5	3	1	50	59	42
Placements supervised by ADHC	95	63	69	0	N.A.	N.A.
Case plans recorded	78	72	62	51	53	45